Temperance?

[Elia72]

What do you think of this girl's name? Which nicknames would you use other than Temper?

Yes!!! I lovvvvve this name.

If DS2 had been a dd he would have been Temperence, with Tempe for short.

My favorite literary character - in the end he got her surname

I think it's a great name :)

Might get away with Tess as a nickname?

No way.

REALLY REALLY AWFUL!

No.

Just No.

is all I have to say.

I'm not wild about virtue names in general, especially this one.

No I'm not joking at all. It's not so different from Constance or Prudence after all. The nickname has been something of a sticking point, I must admit.

I haven't approached dh with this name yet but he likes the virtue names, so fingers crossed

How about Esperanza (Hope)?

The phrase 'bloody awful' comes to mind.

Prudence is hideous too btw.

I like it.
Think it needs quite a grand surname to go with it though

It's brillient, but I think that it'd need a really grand surname as another poster said, and it would really need to suit the girl! Tempe as a nickname.

I'm a fan of Kathy Reichs books though so may be somewhat biased!

Poor girl she will never be able to enjoy a glass of wine without some wag making a comment.

seriously?

Perry for short

The sort of name that would drive any right-thinking 20yr old to serious drink.

*Brilliant I have the light off so cannot see the keyboard!

Just 'T' would be fine .....short for tea-total.

Prudence, Hope, Charity......all better IMO

Are you African? Or you DH? Our former downstairs neighbours were and worked in care homes and they had names like Innocence and Mercy.

How about Patience? Or Temple? I knew a couple of girls who'd been born to 1970s hippies who were called Temple.

You DD will hate you when it comes to learning how to spell her name and all her friends are learning 'Ella' or 'Ava'

I quite like it but I know two. SO that makes it a bit more normal to me. Both go by Tempie

I love all the "virtue" names, and "Perry" as short for Temperance would be lovely, IMO.

I like it, personally.

I like it, however she might end up being called Tinie (Tempah) depending on his longevity/popularity!